The Skin Cancer Foundation offers these tips for staying safe and healthy under the summer sun:

• Seek the shade, especially between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., when the sun's rays are strongest.

• Don't burn.

• Use sunscreen with SPF 15 or higher each day. Apply two tablespoons of sunscreen to your body 30 minutes before going outside, and reapply every two hours.

• Wear a broad-brimmed hat, long-sleeve shirts, pants, sunglasses or other protective clothing.

• Examine your skin thoroughly every month.

• Visit the doctor yearly for a skin exam.

• Avoid tanning salons. Use "sunless" tanning products instead.